bodhicitta
Bodhicitta is the mind dedicated to attaining awakening for the benefit of all sentient beings. Included are explanations of bodhicitta, its advantages, and how to develop bodhicitta.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Vesak verse: Bodhicitta on Vesak day
Celebrating the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and passing into parinirvana with a verse the cultivates a…
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Special verse: Oceans of merit
What to consider while inviting generosity, the amazing opportunity that others have to create merit…
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Verses 2-4: Review
Different ways of looking at verses 2-4, on an ordinary level and on a tantric…
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Verse 4: The sleep of ignorance
On waking up, thinking that we're coming out of ignorance, especially the ignorance grasping at…
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Verse 3: The dreamlike nature of things
To see that all things are like an illusion, like a dream, appearing in one…
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Verse 1: The citadel of liberation
Transform the act of entering a house to be a cause of enlightenment.
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Introduction: Cultivating bodhicitta daily
Inspiration to live each day like a bodhisattva.
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41 Prayers to Cultivate Bodhicitta
A Mahayana prayer for daily life from the Flower Ornament Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra).
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Developing a kind heart
The importance of developing loving kindness, an open-hearted care for others.
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Reflecting on the empty nature of phenomena
The benefits of listening to teachings on emptiness, and an discussion of emptiness according to…
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Incarcerated people Cultivating altruistic intention
A person in prison describes what is most important for dharma practice.
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